Textfield validation in Flutter

Question

I am working on Flutter TextField widget. I want to show an error message below the TextField widget if the user does not fill that TextField

Answer 1

I would consider using a TextFormField with a validator.

Example:

class MyHomePageState extends State {
  final _formKey = GlobalKey();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text('TextFormField validator'),
      ),
      body: Form(
        key: _formKey,
        child: Column(
          mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
          children: [
            TextFormField(
              decoration: InputDecoration(
                hintText: 'Enter text',
              ),
              textAlign: TextAlign.center,
              validator: (text) {
                if (text == null || text.isEmpty) {
                  return 'Text is empty';
                }
                return null;
              },
            ),
            RaisedButton(
              onPressed: () {
                if (_formKey.currentState.validate()) {
                  // TODO submit
                }
              },
              child: Text('Submit'),
            )
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}